Meanwhile, on immigration, Congress just does nothing (Editorial)

Chaos in the House and the Senate as they scrambled to get away for a five-week recess likely means there will be no action to address an immediate national crisis -- the surge of undocumented children flowing over the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Senate went home after it failed to vote on a bill providing $2.7 billion of the $3.7 billion requested by President Obama to house the immigrant children and boost the number of immigration judges hearing deportation cases.

A House bill that would have provided $659 million in funding and allowed for speedier deportations of immigrants from Central America collapsed in acrimony when conservative Republicans revolted. The House leadership was trying again Friday to reach a compromise that would pass without Democratic support. As the Senate has already gone home, it's a fruitless gesture.